Sr. Full Stack Engineer

Propel Education Overview

Ed Farm was launched in February 2020 in Birmingham, AL to create a suite of signature programs designed to engage students, educators and adult learners in innovative digital skills experiences that better prepare them for the 21st century workforce. In February 2021, Ed Farm, in partnership with Apple and Southern Company, announced plans to launch the Propel Center, a physical and virtual hub based in Atlanta, GA that will partner with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to provide powerful learning experiences for HBCU students and staff, and increase the pool of HBCU graduates entering and leading the innovation economy.

Ed Farm was launched in February 2020 in Birmingham. AL to create a suite of signature programs designed to engage students, educators and adult learners in innovative digital skills experiences that better prepare them for the 21st century workforce. In February 2021, Ed Farm, in partnership with Apple and Southern Company, announced plans to launch the Propel Center, a physical and virtual hub based in Atlanta, GA that will partner with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to provide powerful learning experiences for HBCU students and staff, and increase the pool of HBCU graduates entering and leading the innovation economy.

In 2025 Propel Education launched Modiv EDU, an innovative and engaging all-in-one professional learning platform, designed to encourage future-focused conversations that inspire an immediate educational impact. Together the three organizations are Propel Education.

About Us

Modiv EDU is a fast-growing startup on a mission to transform professional learning for educators. We design engaging content and high-quality professional learning resources that meet teachers where they are. Combining innovative pedagogy, technology, and real-world relevance, we believe that learning experiences should be as dynamic and inspiring as the educators we serve.

Job Purpose

Propel Education Ventures is seeking a highly skilled Sr. Full-Stack Engineer to join our growing product and engineering team. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping our architecture, mentoring and hiring junior engineers, and collaborating closely with product, design, and other cross functional partners to build solutions that delight our users and drive business impact. The Sr. Full-Stack Engineer will evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with all devices.

Expectations

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of SaaS products and web applications.
• Write clean, scalable, and well-tested code across the stack (front-end, back-end, and database.)
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide clear, detailed descriptions of platform specifications, such as product features, activities, software, communication protocols, programming languages, and operating systems software and hardware.
• Mentor, coach, and hire junior and mid-level engineers, fostering best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and contribute to continuous improvement of engineering best practices.
• Perform testing according to planned schedules, or after any platform or product revision.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry trends.
• Recommend and implement performance improvements.
• Ability to lead projects independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• A driven attitude towards creating innovative solutions.
• Ability to have a scrappy approach in a start up or zero to one environment.
• Ability to meet regular objectives and delivery deadlines.
• Maintain understanding of current technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
• Participate in architecture and system design discussions, with an eye toward performance, maintainability, and extensibility.
• Confer with management and development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.

Technical Skills

• Proven success and working knowledge of technology programming;
  Ruby on Rails preferred
• Proficiency in front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
• Strong back-end development skills (Node.js, Python, Java, or similar languages, in addition to Ruby on Rails)
• Solid understanding of RESTful API’s, Graph
  
  QL, and micro-services
• Proficiency in relational databases, such as Postgre
  
  SQL and MySQL, is essential.
• Experience with No
  
  SQL databases, such as Mongo
  
  DB, is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, AWS, GCP or Azure
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices (testing, code quality, design patterns, scalability)
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Goals/Outcomes

• Hire and mentor junior developers
• Lead…